Celtic Nations National Cricket Side.

Celtic Nations National Cricket Side.

I think there should be a national composite cricket side representing the Celtic nations of Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Cornwall, Brittany, and the Isle of Man. 

In cricket there is already a strong composite side called the West Indies. 

The West Indies cricket side represents various nations such as Jamaica, and Barbados.

So how about a composite national side for the Celtic nations.

I think Scotland, Wales and Ireland will struggle to win major cricket trophies. But a united Celtic nation side would have a good chance of doing well at test cricket, and other formats.

A Celtic Nations team could play sides like Australia, India, South Africa, and the West Indies. 

The Celtic nations add up to a population of over 20 million people.

So this would be a good market for cricket.

The vast majority of players and interest would come from Scotland, Wales and Ireland.

The individual nations of Scotland and Ireland will struggle on their own to win the major trophies. But together they could win trophies.

Games for the test matches and internationals could be played in Aberdeen, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Swansea, Cork, Dublin, Truro and Belfast. 

There would be likely good regular representation from Scotland, Wales and Ireland in the side due to the similar population levels.

I think this should be done at male and female cricket.

I would still want Glamorgan to continue in the County Championship. But Scotland and Wales could have sides in the County Championship also or the minor counties.

There could also be a composite mainland European cricket side. 

Maybe a united Celtic Nations side could also be tried in rare rugby union, basketball, rugby league and occasional football matches like the British and Irish Lions rugby union side.